Writing-tablet.



No. 65l,7 l3. Patented lune I2, 1900, E. n. HURLBUT, m. a n. TERRY.

wm'rma TABLET.

(Application filed Jan. 15, 1900.)

(No Mode l.)

WITNESSES m/v NTORS NITED STATES PATENT FFI Q ELISHA D. I-IURLBUT, JR'.,AND DWIGHT TERRY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,713, dated June 12,1900.

Application filed January 15, 1900. Serial No. 1,460. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELISHA D. HURLBUT, Jr., a resident of the city ofNew York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and DWIGHT TERRY,a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyof New York, State of New York, citizens of the United States, haveinvented a new and Improved Writing- Tablet, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedwriting-tablet arranged to keep double-sheet writing-paper in convenientpad form and to allow its immediate use for writing and for blotting thewriting without the least danger of soiling the paper.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of our invention is represented in theaccompanyingdrawings, forminga part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement in an open position.Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the same partly open. Fig. 3 isan enlarged sectional side elevation of the same closed, and Fig. 4 isan enlarged side elevation of part of the improvement.

The improved writing-tablet is provided with a back A, made of cardboardor other stiff material, and on the back A are placed superimposeddouble sheets 13 of writing-paper connected with each other and to theback A by glue, paste, or other suitable binding substance 0, applied tothe crease or fold of said sheets, at the outside thereof, and also tothe side edge of the back, so as to connect the sheets with each otherand the sheets to the back A. As illustrated in the drawings, the sheetsBwhen folded are of the same size as the back A, and when the severalsheets are connected with each other and to the back by the bindingsubstance 0, as described, it is evident that the uppermost sheet can bereadily torn from the pad of doublesheet writ-ingpaper formed, so thatthe several sheets may be successively removed when the writing iscompleted on the said sheets.

On the side of the back A, preferably at the under face thereof next tothe binding substance 0, is fastened a flexible connection D, of canvas,leather, or other suitable material, to which is attached a cover E,adapted to be folded upon the uppermost sheet of writ ing-paper B forclosing the tablet and protecting the writing paper from becoming soiledwhen not in use. The adjacent edges of the cover E and back A are placeda dis-- tance apart to give a width to the flexible connection Dcorresponding to the height of the sheets 13 when the tabletis firstproduced, so that when the cover E is folded over then the flexibleconnection D extends along the binding substance 0, so as to protect thesame, and thus prevent the sheets from becoming accidentallydisconnected from one another.

On the back A and on the side opposite the one having the flexibleconnection D is arranged a second flexible connection D, similar to theconnection D, and on said second flexible connection D is secured ablotter F, having both faces capable of blotting the writing on theuppermost sheet, whether the writing is on the first or outside page oron one of the inside pages or on the last page, as the blotter can bereadily folded upon any one of the pages of the sheet. The flexibleconnection D is of a width similar to the fiexible connection D to allowthe blotter to readily extend flat over the uppermost sheet or pad ofwriting-paper.

WVhen the device is not in use, the blotter F is preferably folded firstupon the top sheet of writing-paper, and then the cover E is folded uponthe blotter, whereby the tablet is closed, as indicated in Fig. 5, andthe writing-paper is held protected from injury. In using the tablet thecover E and the blotter F are swung in opposite directions into the openposition shown in Fig. 1, so that the first page of the uppermost sheetof writing-paper is exposed to allow the user to write on said page.When the page is filled, then the writer swings the blotter F over uponthe writing to blot the same with the inner face of the blotter, andthen the latter is swung back into an open position, and the first leafof the sheet of writing-paper is now turned over upon the cover E toallow the writer to fill the now exposed second and third pages withwriting.- It is understood that when the first leaf is turned over uponthe cover E, as above mentioned, the binding substance C, connecting thecrease of' the first sheet with the next following sheet, serves as afulcrum for the leaf to swing on without danger of displacing the sheetrelatively to the remaining sheets of the pad. When the second andthird, pages are filled with writing, then the blotter F is again swunginward upon the third page, and then the cover E, with the first leaf,is swung inward, so that the blotter becomes interposed between the twoleaves of the sheet ond and third pages without danger of soiling any ofthe writing. When this has been done, the cover E, with the firstleaf,is swung back into an open position and likewise the blot- .ter F, andthen the second leaf is turned over upon the first leaf to expose thefourth page of the, double sheet for the writer to write on. To blotthis last page the blotter is swung inward upon the first page of thesecond sheet B of the writing paper, and then the first sheet, with thecover E, is swunginward into a closed position to bring the fourth pageon the top of the outer face of the blotter. By gently rubbing on thecover the fourth page is, blotted. It will be understood that while thesecond and fourth pages are being Written upon the paper rests upon thecover E. When the four pages of the double sheet are filled with writingand blotted, as described, the cover E and the blotter F are swungopen,; and then the sheet is torn olf from the bindv ingsubstance 0along the crease or fold of Y the first sheet, and the latter can t thenbe folded in the usual manner for insertion in an envelop, if desired tosend it away by mail.

Having'thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A writing-tablet, comprising a back, a

series of folded or double sheets of paper superimposed on said back,each half of. each folded sheet beingentirely free at its top,

. bottom, and outer edges from the other half be turned oversuccessively,a detachable .con-

necting medium at the creases of the sheets,

a cover at the edge of the back nearest to the creases of the sheets, ablotter at the opposite edge of the back, and flexible connectionsbetween the adjacent edges of the back on one hand and the cover andblotter on the other hand, the width of said connections beingapproximately equal to the thickness of the pad formed bythesuperimposed leaves.

In testimony whereof we have signed our f names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELISHA .D. HURLBUT, J R. DWIGHT TERRY.

